What was a typical daily menu for you before MFP?

Daily menu prior to MFP:

between hours of 5am and 2pm = 1 candy bar (around 250 cals, no matter what one you choose they are relatively alike)
32 oz soda (probably like 300 - 350 cals)

between 2 and 5pm = nothing!

between 5p and 9p = dinner when boyfriend got home, whatever he brought for us
sometimes a pizza (I'd eat half, for about 700 or more cals)
sometimes a sub sandwich (I'd eat 12 inch, so like 800 or more cals)

overall I did not eat enough, and some days I would not eat anything at all until 5pm, and some days I would eat a tiny breakfast and then nothing all evening.

Please know that eating TOO MUCH is the reason why many people gain weight, but eating too little (then binging when we had money) is also a cause of weight gain.

I was a glutton and binge eater

Breakfast - huge bowl of high sugar cereal

Lunch - usually 3 cups of ice cream /lrg slice of choc cake, chips

Dinner - medium pizza

Snacks - more ice cream

I prolly ate a gallon of ice cream daily....sad i know

Food used to be my vice, best friend, drug...i can honestly say now, Ive changed, eating controlled portions, and keep an honest account in my food diary of what I put in my mouth.

I'm not looking forward to posting this, but here goes.

Breakfast: Coffee with Splenda and a pour of creamer, cereal with lots of milk, sausage patty
Lunch: Usually leftovers, like a cup of spaghetti noodles and a cup of meatsauce with a ton of cheese
Dinner: 2nd or even 3rd servings...it varied, but it was usually a protein, starch, and vegetable.
Snacks: whatever was in the house, which was usually cookies and other sugary things

I almost never ate breakfast. I had maybe five cups of water throughout the day. At lunch, I would go to Subway or Jimboy's and get a huge taco salad. For dinner, I would go to McDonald's and get fries and two double cheeseburgers.

Two double cheeseburgers and a large fry. My standard McD's order.

At lunch, I would go to Subway or Jimboy's and get a huge taco salad.

I hate you right now. :laugh: I grew up in Sacramento and loved Jimboys. I miss it. Although I suppose it's a good thing I don't live near one.

I didn't really have a typical daily menu. Mostly I wouldn't eat breakfast, sometimes I wouldn't eat lunch. Sometimes I'd do nothing but eat all day.

Coke with every meal, yes even breakfast.
We would go camping and I would still take a couple of cokes to get me through and then I would beg hubby to stop and let me get a coke when we were out of the woods.

Lots and lots of fast food. I would purposely delay trips to the bank or quick errands until lunch time so we could just pick something up while we were out.

Pizza, breadsticks, tons of pasta, fried everything.

Little Debbies, chips, cookies, whatever I wanted whenever I wanted it.

Yikes, scary now to think of it.

Oh and I would sometimes drive to McDonald's (1 mile from home) Just to pick up a coke for now and a large sweet tea for later.

Whatever didn't take more than a few minutes to make, or buy.

Mostly fast food, canned and boxed garbage foods and tons of sweets.

Veggies? Chips! Potato is a veggie, right?

Funny what a difference a couple years makes, I cringe at most of that crap now.

Breakfast - just a cup of tea or a bowl of low fat cereal
Mid morning - more tea, or a chai latte or hot chocolate from Starbucks
Lunch - half a bagel with butter and one or two apples, or some rice noodles with tofu and vegetables
4pm - Toast or a bagel and some sugary yoghurt
Supper - plate of pasta or pizza, or fajitas, or spanakopitta, or lentils with roast potatoes.
Evening snacks - crisps or snack a jacks, a couple of pieces of chocolate

I remember what I used to think of as "healthy". It's shameful.

I'd cook up some frozen fried chicken, 2-3 large pieces. Make some instant mashed potatoes and spoon up an easy 4 servings for myself. Then I'd have a side of corn and say "look at this homemade meal you've prepared, and you're having vegetables!"

Not knowing what a healthy meal is and how much calories are in foods is the most dangerous thing you can do. Besides joining a gang I guess.

Breakfast: either skip it, or have a chicken bacon cheese biscuit with Dr Pepper

Lunch: arby's, hardee's, chinese takeout or sometimes leftovers from dinner the night before

Dinner: I almost always cooked healthy, but sometimes we had pizza or takeout

2-4 Dr Peppers a day (I mixed Diet Dr Pepper with 4oz of regular)

Daily menu prior to MFP:

between hours of 5am and 2pm = 1 candy bar (around 250 cals, no matter what one you choose they are relatively alike)
32 oz soda (probably like 300 - 350 cals)

between 2 and 5pm = nothing!

between 5p and 9p = dinner when boyfriend got home, whatever he brought for us
sometimes a pizza (I'd eat half, for about 700 or more cals)
sometimes a sub sandwich (I'd eat 12 inch, so like 800 or more cals)

overall I did not eat enough, and some days I would not eat anything at all until 5pm, and some days I would eat a tiny breakfast and then nothing all evening.

Please know that eating TOO MUCH is the reason why many people gain weight, but eating too little (then binging when we had money) is also a cause of weight gain.

WOW, this was me for sooooo long...
However; now that I've started trying to lose this weight again, I'm making a real effort to eat throughout the day. I may never be one for eating every two hours, BUT, I am eating breakfast, lunch and dinner with sometimes an "in between snack (or two)" these days, which is a week so far, but still... ;P

WE GOTTA WAKE THAT METABOLISM UP GIRL!!!!!

This is what I remember from my college days:

Breakfast: Starbucks frappaccino (from the grocery, I kept them in the fridge) or soda, poptart if I had any around
Lunch: whatever the cafeteria at school had, or some fast food
Dinner: again, whatever the cafeteria had, or a box of max & cheese/rice a roni/ramen noodles - typical college fare (girls waaaay skinnier than me could eat the entire box of mac & cheese or rice a roni, so I thought it was a challenge to eat as much as them?!)
Snacks: chips - potato or tortilla with cheese dip!!


PS...forgot to mention all the ice cream, plus when my bff & I could split the family order of 50 wings & 2 large baskets of fries, plus a pitcher of beer! Or split the taco bell 10 taco deal plus the nachos or mexican pizza....

:noway:

I remember what I used to think of as "healthy". It's shameful.

I'd cook up some frozen fried chicken, 2-3 large pieces. Make some instant mashed potatoes and spoon up an easy 4 servings for myself. Then I'd have a side of corn and say "look at this homemade meal you've prepared, and you're having vegetables!"

Not knowing what a healthy meal is and how much calories are in foods is the most dangerous thing you can do. Besides joining a gang I guess.

hahahahaha, me too!!!!! it's amazing to compare a days worth of eating now to one from before... we become SO ignorant and blind to what we're really doing to ourselves, it's crazy... Yeah, because not eating all day and then eating 3500 calories worth of crap for dinner = a good day! Or the deranged thought process where "but I didn't get the 20 piece nuggets..." is a rpoud moment... LOL, oy vey!

and gang initiation - eep!!

Oh goodness...

Breakfast- McDonalds or fried you tiao and milk tea (not tea with milk, super calorie laden real milk tea)
Lunch- ...McDonalds. 5 times a week. More unhealthy stuff on weekends
Dinner- Maybe chicken rice, mixed rice or something. Not too bad unless it was one of the 4/5 days I week I got a second dinner.
Snacks- ALL THE TIME. EVERYTHING. If I could get my hands on it I ate it. Several candy bars, chips, cookies, anything sweet and filling.

Then I would realize I was putting on too much weight, drop 5 pounds quick before falling off the wagon with the rest of the added weight still hanging on, rinse and repeat.

I kept telling myself I HAD to eat that way. I share an apartment and don't have access to the kitchen so I told myself since I couldn't cook I couldn't eat healthy. Now I'm eating fruits and veggies fresh, bringing healthy sandwiches frequently, eating nuts and good healthier options, even without the use of a kitchen.